2. Thickness; density; compactness. [Obs.]
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The heaviness and corpulency of water requiring a great force to divide it. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
corpulency — noun (plural cies) Date: 1577 corpulence … New Collegiate Dictionary
corpulency — cor·pu·len·cy lən sē n, pl cies CORPULENCE * * * cor·pu·len·cy (korґpu len″se) [L. corpulentia] obesity … Medical dictionary
corpulency — n. fatness, fleshiness, obesity … English contemporary dictionary
corpulency — n. See corpulence … New dictionary of synonyms
corpulency — cor·pu·len·cy … English syllables
corpulency — noun more than average fatness • Syn: ↑fleshiness, ↑obesity • Derivationally related forms: ↑obese (for: ↑obesity), ↑fleshy (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
corpulence, corpulency — SYN: obesity. [L. corpulentia, magnification of corpus, body] … Medical dictionary
Corpulence — Cor pu*lence (k?r p? lens), Corpulency Cor pu*len*cy (k?r p? len s?), n. [L. corpulentia: cf. F. corpulence.] [1913 Webster] 1. Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity. [1913 Webster] 2. Thickness; density; compactness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Daniel Lambert — For other people named Daniel Lambert, see Daniel Lambert (disambiguation). Daniel Lambert by Benjamin Marshall, c. 1806 Daniel Lambert (13 March 1770 – 21 June 1809) was a gaol keeper[n … Wikipedia
Obesity — The state of being well above ones normal weight. A person has traditionally been considered to be obese if they are more than 20 percent over their ideal weight. That ideal weight must take into account the person’s height, age, sex, and build.… … Medical dictionary
